Most Android devices support a handful of media codecs out of the box, including H.264 and MP4. But there are a ton of formats that aren’t typically supported, including MKV, DiVX, Xvid, and WMV. And RockPlayerBase can handle them all. That’s the good news. The bad news is that RockPlayerBase isn’t available from the Android Market … Read more
Virgin Media has launched a browser-based movie streaming service, available to anybody in the UK — not just the cable provider’s own subscribers. It’s a pretty standard VOD affair: movies are available for rental-only, with prices for new releases set at £3.99 for 48 hours access once you press play. Content-wise, we presume it’s the same catalog as … Read more
It was a Dark Horse weekend at Golden Apple Comics in Hollywood– first Felicia Day and the cast of The Guild Friday night, celebrating the release of the first Guild comic, then Zack Whedon on Saturday, signing copies of Terminator 2029. Golden Apple is where we’ve been getting our fix since 2004, and owner Ryan … Read more
Terminator 2029, #1 Writer: Zack Whedon Artist: Andy MacDonald Colorist: Dan Jackson Letterer: Nate Piekos Dark Horse has finally launched its long-awaited Terminator comic, featuring the work of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog screenwriter Zack Whedon and artist Andy MacDonald. Dark Horse has a long history with Jim Cameron movie franchises, and this book continues that … Read more
It’s apparently event film trailer week. Hot on the heels of Iron Man 2 we now have a new trailer for Tron Legacy that finally shows more than the light cycle stuff we’ve been seeing since SDCC last year. Let’s have a look… I saw the original Tron in the theater at the ripe old … Read more
So, this went up after the (mostly atrocious, technically-speaking) Oscar telecast. We thought we’d give it a watch and tell you what we thought. You should tell us what you think, too. This is one of the few areas where not being a decades-deep Marvel nerd pays off: I have just about zero preconceptions about … Read more
HBO Go finally made it out of beta this week. And like EpixHD, the online video service requires a television subscription in order to access their web-based content. And FiOS customers with HBO are up first. Both EngadgetHD and NewTeeVee have taken HBO Go for a spin and came away relatively pleased with the Flash … Read more
I’ve threatened to expand our coverage for some time. And content is still king. It’s why we buy the gadgets we buy. So maybe it’s a wee bit ironic that we’re diving in with a primarily print medium. But it so just happens that I know a pair of comics experts in my old high … Read more